$14,294,000,000,000 Is the Magic Number!

Democrats in the House just voted to raise the nation's debt limit in a partisan vote of 233 to 187

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to increase the government's borrowing authority to $14.3 trillion, sending the measure to President Barack Obama to sign into law.

By a vote of 233 to 187, the House voted to raise the nation's debt limit by $1.9 trillion, which would probably allow lawmakers to avoid revisiting the politically toxic issue before November congressional elections.

The Senate passed the bill last week...

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Chris Good is a political reporter for ABC News. He was previously an associate editor at The Atlantic and a reporter for The Hill.